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  WTI Magazine #66    2015 August, 21Author : MIPAAF      Translation by:   The first evidence of olive growing in Abruzzo date from the period of Roman domination, when the protectionist measures adopted by Rome favoured an expansion of olive-growing and the olive oil industry. Virgil speaks of olive trees in the Marsica, near Lake Fucino, whil...

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di Ermanno Lucchini   Lei accompagna il gregge chiamando le pecore per nome, lui le munge. Lei accarezza quelle tenere creature lanose, lui le tosa.   Valeria ha una laurea in veterinaria in sospeso, Ovidio un sorriso assassino che ha impedito a quella studentessa impertinente di tornare a Teramo a discutere la sua ricerca sulla "peco...

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  WTI Magazine #66    2015 August, 21Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   In a recent tasting I sampled an indigenous and native white grape, known as autochthonous grapes, to central Italy, specifically Abruzzo and Marche regions. This grape I'm sharing today is pecorino. Pecorino is an early ripe...

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Thousands of miles apart, the city of San Juan Capistrano in southern Orange Country, California, and the small town of Capestrano in the Abruzzi region, Italy, became "Sister Cities" in the year 2000.   This international, non-profit Sister Cities network was created with the aim of strengthening relationships between communities in the U.S...

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One reason Sicilians tend to identify with Sicily first and Italy (a distant) second? Sicilian food. The same goes for Veneto in the north or Puglia in the south. Italy is a young country -- it only celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2011. Despite the successful export of the "Italian restaurant," the idea of a unified Italian cuis...

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By Tom Lehman The St. Anthony's Italian Festival runs through this weekend in Wilmington, offering attendees a chance to enjoy authentic Italian cuisine, Midway carnival rides and live entertainment. The long-running festival, which takes place in the city's Little Italy section, benefits the St. Anthony of Padua Grade School and generally dr...

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  WTI Magazine #28    2014 May, 1Author : Sandra Tornberg      Translation by:   On March 28 the Italian Heritage Society and the Federazione Abruzzese del Michigan (FADM) sponsored the Michigan première of the film La Mia Strada ("My Road"), a beautiful feature-length documentary by Michael Angelo DiLauro.    

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Looking for some beautiful beaches to sunbathe and relax during your Central Italian stay? From Tuscany to Marche passing by Lazio and Abruzzo, Swide has rounded up some of the most pristine beaches in Central Italy.   If you are traveling to Central Italy this summer, you'll be surprised in discovering how many wonderful and peaceful beache...

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  WTI Magazine #28    2014 May, 1Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The picturesque procession of the "Serpari" (those who collect the snakes), also known as the most pagan rites among the Christian ones, is renewed every year on the first Thursday in May.    

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  WTI Magazine #44    2014 October, 1Author : italia.it      Translation by:   The Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo was established in 1923 to protect nature and to save certain wild animals from extinction. It's in the heart of the central Apennines between the Abruzzi, Lazio and Molise and its some 50,000 hectares are home to 25 towns. The scenery he...

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